Shadow and Riders reach 'Greatest Hits' status

cjmcray · Post by **cjmcray** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:47 am

Shadow the Hedgehog (Ps2/GameCube editions) and Sonic Riders (Ps2 edition) have now become part of the 'Greatest Hits' lineup, meaning they have sold over 1 million copies.

http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/ne ... sonic2.jpg

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:35 am

This is old news and seeing that this came from insertcredit, for them it is also sad news. XD

Greatest Hits does not neccessarily mean that they sold over a million copies. Shadow of the Colossus is part of the Greatest Hits line and I doubt it moved over 500K units.

Owen Axel · Post by **Owen Axel** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:53 am

What does Greatest Hits actually count for then?

Soul · Post by **Soul** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:20 am

Highest reptation and most reviewed. It's how God of War, GTA, and every other Greatest Hit ends up becomming $20 dollars.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:19 am

Wikipedia wrote:When the program came to PlayStation 2 in 2002, games could become GH titles after selling at least 400,000 copies and being on the market for at least 9 months. Suggested retail prices of GH titles at first were dropped to $24.99, but they now typically retail for $19.99. Third-party publishers, however, can set their own GH prices and are not required to make their games GH titles after passing the minimums. Games that are multi-million sellers may become GH titles much later than 9 months to maximize profits.

Taken from an old official press release. So they dropped the prices for one of two possible reasons: 1) They are multi-million sellers that still manage to garner everyone's attention and make them awe with their perfection, or 2) SEGA wants a penny out of two dead products that stopped selling some time ago, therefore release them dirt cheap.
Gotta go for the first!

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:30 am

This is old news and seeing that this came from insertcredit, for them it is also sad news. XD

Actually this picture was from a "news" entry (months ago) about finding an unexpected Sonic game display in a mall's Sanrio shop. I think they said it was the only blue-colored thing in the whole store.

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:28 pm

That dispay fills me with a sense of disgust and foreboding.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:46 pm

Riders is ok, because is a snowboarding game, but shadow? Man... that sucks...

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:27 pm

... Snow?
And I could swear they don't go exclusively downhill.

Post by Bo » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:58 am

I think "Hits" is probably pretty accurate.

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:51 am

I thought Greatest Hits games only required 150,000 copies to be sold?

DackAttac · Post by **DackAttac** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:07 pm

Isuka wrote:... Snow?
And I could swear they don't go exclusively downhill.

Are we talking about air boards or the game quality?